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Results · season 2024/25 · 30 May 2025

HYROX Cardiff 2025 results

One of the season's fastest Open Men fields: a typical finish of 1:22:29, 3:34 faster than the season's 1:26:03 (11th of 72 races).

6,263 finishes14 divisions49% running (normal 48%)UK

HYROX Cardiff 2025 in brief

  • Home athlete Danny Rae won Pro Men in 57:16, 0:26 clear of Marc Dean.
  • Home athlete Imogen Amos won Pro Women by a wide 1:29, in 1:04:59.
  • The fastest in Open were David Parkin (57:47) and Rebecca Brown (1:03:17).
  • 6,263 finishes, well above the 4,340 of an average race that season.
  • Open Women were 3:20 faster than their season's typical too, at 1:29:55.
  • This was the first HYROX race at this venue in our data.
  • Against the season, Open Men lost most time on the burpee broad jumps (0:24 slower) and gained most on the sandbag lunges (0:24 faster).
  • The biggest Open Men age group was 30-34, with 455 finishers; 30% were 40 or over.
  • A home crowd: 87% of Open Men came from Britain, and Ireland sent the next most.
  • Open Men was the biggest division (2,041), ahead of Open Women (987).

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Open Men

David Parkin won Open Men in 57:47, a clear 1:26 ahead of the next finisher.Jesse Owen was second in 59:13 and Jess Price-Owen third in 59:20.

1:22:29 typical finish 3:34 faster than this season's typical 1:26:03
1:08:46 fastest 10% finished under
1:14:24 – 1:32:41 the middle half of the field
Runs where the fastest 25% gained most 5:32 on the typical finisher; at the stations, wall balls (1:37)

Finish times

Finish

This chart shows how many finished in each 2.5-minute band, fastest on the left.A field of normal spread with a long slow tail: typical 1:22:29, middle half about 1:14:24 to 1:32:41, fastest 10% (green) under 1:08:46.

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Open Men finish times at Cardiff 2025
Time band How many Share
57:30 to 1:00:00 9 0.4%
1:00:00 to 1:02:30 17 0.8%
1:02:30 to 1:05:00 46 2.3%
1:05:00 to 1:07:30 79 3.9%
1:07:30 to 1:10:00 102 5.0%
1:10:00 to 1:12:30 131 6.4%
1:12:30 to 1:15:00 167 8.2%
1:15:00 to 1:17:30 162 7.9%
1:17:30 to 1:20:00 155 7.6%
1:20:00 to 1:22:30 153 7.5%
1:22:30 to 1:25:00 154 7.5%
1:25:00 to 1:27:30 137 6.7%
1:27:30 to 1:30:00 120 5.9%
1:30:00 to 1:32:30 93 4.6%
1:32:30 to 1:35:00 94 4.6%
1:35:00 to 1:37:30 74 3.6%
1:37:30 to 1:40:00 68 3.3%
1:40:00 to 1:42:30 50 2.4%
1:42:30 to 1:45:00 33 1.6%
1:45:00 to 1:47:30 41 2.0%
1:47:30 to 1:50:00 23 1.1%
1:50:00 to 1:52:30 22 1.1%
1:52:30 to 1:55:00 20 1.0%
1:55:00 to 1:57:30 14 0.7%
1:57:30 to 2:00:00 8 0.4%
2:00:00 to 2:02:30 8 0.4%
2:02:30 to 2:05:00 10 0.5%
2:05:00 to 2:07:30 9 0.4%
2:07:30 to 2:10:00 12 0.6%
2:10:00 to 2:12:30 4 0.2%
2:12:30 to 2:15:00 5 0.2%
2:15:00 to 2:17:30 6 0.3%
2:17:30 to 2:20:00 6 0.3%
2:20:00 to 2:22:30 0 0.0%
2:22:30 to 2:25:00 1 0.0%
2:25:00 to 2:27:30 2 0.1%
2:27:30 to 2:30:00 0 0.0%
2:30:00 to 2:32:30 2 0.1%
2:32:30 to 2:35:00 1 0.0%
2:35:00 to 2:37:30 1 0.0%
2:37:30 to 2:40:00 1 0.0%
2:40:00 to 2:42:30 0 0.0%
2:42:30 to 2:45:00 0 0.0%
2:45:00 to 2:47:30 0 0.0%
2:47:30 to 2:50:00 0 0.0%
2:50:00 to 2:52:30 1 0.0%

Where the fastest 25% made its time

RunsStationsRoxzone (moving between stations)

The stations gave them more than the runs: 47% of their gain, against 44% on the runs and 9% in the roxzone.

Runs (8 km)5:32
Roxzone (moving)1:07
Row0:17
SkiErg0:12

Each bar is how much faster the fastest 25% were than the typical finisher on one part of the race, biggest first.They gained most on the runs (5:32), then wall balls (1:37); the smallest gap was the SkiErg (0:12).

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Part Fastest 25% faster by
Runs (8 km) 5:32
Wall balls 1:37
Burpee broad jump 1:25
Roxzone (moving) 1:07
Sandbag lunges 0:56
Sled pull 0:45
Sled push 0:20
Farmers carry 0:19
Row 0:17
SkiErg 0:12

The race as one bar: typical finisher against the fastest 25%

Typical finisher1:21:08
4:524:324:352:594:514:434:535:574:594:474:542:064:544:465:506:414:49
Typical of the fastest 25%1:08:49
4:164:203:582:394:123:584:134:324:184:304:141:474:163:505:005:043:42
RunsStationsRoxzone (moving between stations)

This chart draws the race in order, left to right: each 1 km run (blue), each station (yellow) and the roxzone (grey), sized by its time.Typical finisher: 39:48 running, 36:31 at the stations and 4:49 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:41).

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Part Typical finisher Typical of the fastest 25%
Run 1 4:52 4:16
SkiErg 4:32 4:20
Run 2 4:35 3:58
Sled push 2:59 2:39
Run 3 4:51 4:12
Sled pull 4:43 3:58
Run 4 4:53 4:13
Burpee broad jump 5:57 4:32
Run 5 4:59 4:18
Row 4:47 4:30
Run 6 4:54 4:14
Farmers carry 2:06 1:47
Run 7 4:54 4:16
Sandbag lunges 4:46 3:50
Run 8 5:50 5:00
Wall balls 6:41 5:04
Roxzone 4:49 3:42
Finish 1:22:29 1:10:01

Every station, against the season

Part Typical Fastest 10% Fastest 25% Against the season
SkiErg 4:32 4:13 4:20 0:05 slower
Sled push 2:59 2:23 2:39 0:11 slower
Sled pull 4:43 3:45 3:58 0:07 faster
Burpee broad jump 5:57 4:14 4:32 0:24 slower
Row 4:47 4:26 4:30 0:02 faster
Farmers carry 2:06 1:38 1:47 0:01 faster
Sandbag lunges 4:46 3:37 3:50 0:24 faster
Wall balls 6:41 4:41 5:04 0:12 slower
Roxzone (moving) 4:49 3:35 3:42 2:15 faster
Runs (8 km) 40:14 34:06 34:42 1:20 faster

Slower here than the season: burpee broad jump (0:24) and wall balls (0:12). Faster: the roxzone (2:15) and sandbag lunges (0:24).

Run pace, run 1 to run 8

3:304:004:305:005:306:00 This chart shows the time for each of the eight 1 km runs, run 1 on the left: the typical finisher (solid line) and the fastest 25% (dashed). The typical finisher slowed a little from run 2 to run 7; the quickest was run 2 (4:35) and the slowest the last run (5:50). The fastest 25% were quicker on every run, by most on the last run (0:50 faster).
Typical athleteFastest 25%minutes per km

This chart shows the time for each of the eight 1 km runs, run 1 on the left: the typical finisher (solid line) and the fastest 25% (dashed).The typical finisher slowed a little from run 2 to run 7; the quickest was run 2 (4:35) and the slowest the last run (5:50).The fastest 25% were quicker on every run, by most on the last run (0:50 faster).

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Run Typical Fastest 25%
Run 1 4:52 4:16
Run 2 4:35 3:58
Run 3 4:51 4:12
Run 4 4:53 4:13
Run 5 4:59 4:18
Run 6 4:54 4:14
Run 7 4:54 4:16
Run 8 5:50 5:00

Who raced: age groups

16-24225 11%
25-29357 18%
30-34455 22%
35-39388 19%
40-44279 14%
45-49172 8%
50-5495 5%
55-5939 2%
60-6424 1%
65-696 0%

How many finished in each age group (tap one for what a good time is at that age).The largest share were in their thirties (843, 41%); the biggest single group was 30-34, with 455.

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Age group How many Share
16-24 225 11%
25-29 357 18%
30-34 455 22%
35-39 388 19%
40-44 279 14%
45-49 172 8%
50-54 95 5%
55-59 39 2%
60-64 24 1%
65-69 6 0%

Who raced: countries

Britain1,779 87%
Ireland178 9%
Scotland9 0%
South Africa7 0%
Italy6 0%
Australia6 0%
New Zealand5 0%
Poland4 0%

The countries with the most finishers in this division, out of 2,041.The biggest is Britain (1,779, 87%), then Ireland (178, 9%) and Scotland (9, 0%).

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Country How many Share
Britain 1,779 87%
Ireland 178 9%
Scotland 9 0%
South Africa 7 0%
Italy 6 0%
Australia 6 0%
New Zealand 5 0%
Poland 4 0%
# Athlete Age group Time
1 David Parkin GBR GBR 35-39 57:47
2 Jesse Owen GBR GBR 30-34 59:13
3 Jess Price-Owen GBR GBR 35-39 59:20
Edition by edition

Cardiff: every edition

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Edition Finishes Typical Open Men vs fastest edition
Cardiff 2025 this page 6,263 1:22:29 fastest
Cardiff 2026 13,317 1:23:41 1:12 slower

This edition had the fastest typical Open Men finish of the 2 held here.

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